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ARE MAKING
STRIDES TO TACKLE BULLYING
TOGETHER.
COURTNEY:
CLASS DISMISS.
ONLY MINUTES AFTER STARTING.
STUDENTS ARE ON THE MOVE.
UNIT
ING IN TEAMS WHILE
CARRYING
WORDS OF ENCRAGEMENT, HUNDREDS
OF BEEN AFRAID MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE.
-- HUNDREDS OF BEEN DEFERRED
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
>> WE STUDENTS PLEDGE TO ACT
RESPONSIBLY --
>> TO TAKE A PLEDGE TO BE KIND,
SPEAK UP AND STAND OUT AGAINST
BULLYING.
>> KEEP -- BE NICE
TO PEOPLE.
>> WE ARE GATHERING TOGETHER TO
REALLY ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE A
KIND SCHOOL.
COURTNEY: PRINCIPAL SAYS IT IS
THE TIGERS MISSIONS TO STOP
BULLYING.
>> KIDS HAVE TO FEEL SAFE, THEY
HAVE TO FEEL A CONNECTION TO
THEIR SCHOOL AND WANT TO BE
HERE.
COURTNEY: TODAY'S WALK IS A
STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
RECALLING HIS TALK WITH STUDENTS
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
>> I SAID, IF YOUR TEACHERS AND
I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN THE
SCHOOL THAT HAD THE GREATEST
HIGHEST TEST SCORES IN THE STATE
OR THE SCHOOL THAT WAS THE
KINDEST AND THE MOST WELCOMING,
WE WILL TAKE THE KINDEST AND
WELCOMING SCHOOL ANY DAY OF THE
WEEK.
COTNEY: STUDENTS ARE EXCEEDING
EXPECTATIONS.
>> WHEN I PLAYED BASKETBALL, I
WAS BULLIED.
BUT SO I QUIT.
THIS YEAR, I FEEL A LOT STRONGER
ABOUT BASKETBALL.
COURTNEY:
TIFFANY IS SETTINGN
EXAMPLE AS ONE OF SEVERAL
STUDENT LEADERS.
>> IF THEY'RE GETTING BULLIED, I
THINK YOU SHOULD STICK UP FOR
YOURSELF.